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Lunar started it's life back on
the Mega CD and quickly gained what could only be described as the Sega
console equivalent to Square's Final Fantasy series for Nintendo
systems. Lunar, by Game Arts (who were probably the ONLY company that
really used the Mega CD's potential.) had produced one of the best RPGs
of the time.
Now we have the Saturn port of Lunar Silver Star Story which features
all that made the Mega CD game such a hit but now with far better audio
and visuals. It's been a very long time since I've played this game but
from what I remember it was magical in every respect.
There is also a Lunar 2 and Lunar Magic School for the Saturn and well
as a Lunar MPEG Edition which features beautiful full screen FMV cut
scenes unlike this version which has them all boxed. The video quality
is pretty good but no where near that of MPEG standards.
Sadly the Lunar franchise has been left to rot after Game Arts joined up
with ESP along with Treasure and a few other developers. Since then Game
Arts have never been the same. Lunar Silver Star Story was released on
the GBA not so long ago but I think that what we all wanted was a new
Lunar adventure.
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